Great Needle Peak
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Great Needle Peak is a prominent, sharply pointed mountain summit located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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mountain peak ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Falsa Aguja Peak
NERFINISHED
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Pico Falsa Aguja NERFINISHED ⓘ Pico Falsa Aguja Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climbingDifficulty | technical climb ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| coordinatesApprox | 62.65°S 60.10°W ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
1679 m
ⓘ
5510 ft ⓘ |
| environment | glaciated mountain terrain ⓘ |
| firstAscent | 2003 ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy |
Doychin Vasilev
NERFINISHED
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Lyubomir Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAscentExpedition | Bulgarian Antarctic expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | South Shetland Islands archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
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Livingston Island NERFINISHED ⓘ South Shetland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mapCoverage | Bulgarian topographic maps of Livingston Island ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Tangra Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its needle-like shape ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Devnya Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Needle Peak Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Huron Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Iskar Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Levski Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prominent relief above surrounding glaciers
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sharp, needle-like summit profile ⓘ |
| partOf | Tangra Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | uninhabited ⓘ |
| primaryComposition | rock ⓘ |
| prominence | high ⓘ |
| region | Antarctic Peninsula region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | eastern part of Livingston Island ⓘ |
| shape | sharply pointed summit ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | subject to Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| topographicSignificance | one of the prominent summits of Tangra Mountains ⓘ |
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